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The following article from the pen of the Rev. Mary Baker G.

Last summer a clergyman came to ask me about Christian Science. Through reading criticisms and articles based on false conceptions of this subject, he had begun to have a wrong sense of Mrs.

In reading the gospel of St. John we cannot fail to see that the mission of Jesus was to show mortals the true man,—that self which can never be separated from its Creator,—and we are forcibly struck with the boldness and persistency with which he declares himself to be the son of God.

I would like to give my experience in endeavoring to overcome various claims, hoping thereby to help others who are also trying to do their own work. When I came into Science I had several obstinate ailments of over fifteen years' standing, most of which medicine failed to help, and the others were only temporarily benefited.

The October Journal, in which the letter bearing the above title was published, being exhausted, in compliance with requests, we herewith republish the same. This letter was written by a lawyer who has become an earnest student and advocate of Christian Science, to a young friend.

Sunday , October 14, was a happy day to the Christian Scientists of the city of Cincinnati, for First Church of Christ, Scientist, held its opening services at the church edifice in Avondale. The brick Presbyterian Church on Rockdale Avenue, situated on a beautiful lot one hundred feet front by one hundred and eighty feet deep, was purchased last August, and thoroughly remodeled and refurnished.

Dear Mrs. Eddy: —Your beautiful gift to my dear little girl is most gratefully received, and I am only sorry that she was not here to open and admire the choicest one of her wedding presents.

This poignant question was addressed directly to Peter, yet it was intended for the listening disciples and the vast assembly of mankind in all ages, past, present, and future. The universe of man in its progressive steps in divine things, halts, listens, and ponders this question of Jesus as directly as in the moment of its utterance, for it is the voice of God to His children, of all classes and conditions of men.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. — Proverbs, 4: 7.

Editor of the Buffalo Commercial: —It is a matter of no little gratification to notice that at last is coming the recognition of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy's efforts and life work.